Archive for October 26th, 2015

EDITORIAL The Daily Mirror t is taken as a fact that Lakshman Kadirgamar — Foreign Minister from 1994 to 2005 with a three-year break in-between — was Sri Lanka’s best diplomat who played a major role in getting the LTTE banned as a terrorist group in the United States and the European Union. His outstanding […]

by Chandre Dharmawardana (posted: October 2015) The fear that what you eat is poisoned” and it is not good for you have produced a two-tier market with the top tier, made up of organic foods” catering to the rich, while the poor have to eat the food from the large warehouse sales centers, US examples […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Meanwhile, ‘divided but in togetherness’, local leaders continue to play poker in the House and ordinary folk keep seeing Yahapalanaya as a mirage he war against the LTTE ended several years ago when the armed forces of Sri Lanka crushed the Tigers that ran wild and free for almost thirty years. […]

Ranga Jayasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror Last week saw a curious event of pomp and funfair-and political realism-that highlighted how far the States would go to maximize their benefits, even at the expense of their allies. Britain rolled out the red carpet for Xi Jinping, the Chinese President who rode in a gilded royal carriage […]

Courtesy Adaderana The US-sponsored resolution that was adopted at the recently concluded UN Human Rights Council Sessions in Geneva includes several terms that could be a threat to the island nation, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says. The observation was made at a press conference held in Colombo this afternoon (25). Rajapaksa pointed out that the […]